CIMA Newsletter / February 2026 Edition: Illegal Trade in Latin America: February 2026, a month of record seizures and new criminal routes
- Analista Strategos BIP
- Mar 12
- 2 min read
🚨 February confirmed it: illegal trade in Latin America breaks records and reinvents itself.
In February, CIMA It documented operations in at least 15 countries, new criminal routes, and product categories that were previously not on the radar of the authorities.
The key of the month:
The smuggling of slimming drugs exploded by 1,079% in Brazil using drug trafficking routes.
Tax increases without border controls are fueling the illegal market instead of curbing it.
Free trade zones and domestic manufacturing are already part of illegal trade networks.
It's not just smuggling. It's organized crime operating with transnational logistics, infrastructure, and scale.
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